Antique Italian Hand Carved Walnut Renaissance Dragon & Knight Throne Chair 1880 Redo cartoonish figures inhabit sharply observed

cartoonish figures inhabit sharply observed localities

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both of whom were renowned for their military and historical subjects

In the Hindu faith & culture of India the bull is a sacred animal

At the National Exhibition of 1890 he presented his statue of Ariadne

Antique Italian Hand Carved Walnut Renaissance Dragon & Knight Throne Chair 1880 Redo cartoonish figures inhabit sharply observedSOLD A fine & remarkable carved walnut Renaissance Revival Italian Curule chair, carved with Dragons & Knights, circa 1880. The chair having a very finely carved top crest with a pair of winged dragons with their claws resting on a shield draped with a carved chain with a dragons tooth, the dragons flank a knight's helmet, to each side are 'grotesques' carved as the head of monks. The back having an upholstered head rest with stylized acanthus leaf